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and golden reflections on the pro- and mesothorax. Projection of the 

 postscutellum quadrate, straight and entire on its posterior margin. 

 The many small apical teeth are fine and sharp. 



California and Vancouver's Island ; seven specimens including the 

 types. 



Parnopes clirysoprasina Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 454,1874. 

 Xot known to me. I give Smith's description in full. The species 

 will probably be found in other localities besides that mentioned. 



" Male. — Length four and a half lines. Green, with the basal margins of the 

 second, third and fourth segments blue ; head, thorax and abdomen closely and 

 strongly punctured, the thorax rather more strongly so than the head or abdomen ; 

 antennae rufo-testaceous, one or two of the basal joints tinged with green; the 

 legs rufo-testaceous, the femora darkest, and, as well as the tibiae, tinged with 

 green; the tegulaj strongly punctured, tinged with green, and having their outer 

 margin pale testaceous; wings pale fulvo- hyaline: the postscutellum nearly quad- 

 rate, a little longer than broad, deeply notched in the middle of the posterior 

 margin: the apical segment with two large, deeji foveas near its apical margin, 

 which is denticulated. 



" Hab. — North Carolina." 



A partial list of the more important writings on the 

 CHRYNIDID.ID. 



Abeille de Perrin. — Syn. Critique et Synonymique des Chrysides de France. 



Ann. Soc. L. Lyra, xxxvi, 1880, p. 1, pi. 1-2. 

 Brulle. — Hist. Nat. des Ins. Hymenopteres, vol. iv (Suites a BufFon), 1846. 

 Cresson. — Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila. iv, 186.5, p. 10.3, p. 105, p. 30.3 (new species). 

 " Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. vii, 1879, pp. iv and x of the Monthly Pro- 



ceedings (new species). 

 Dahlbom. — Hymenoptera Europaea, vol. ii, Chrysis. 1854 (many very fine 



plates with details). 

 Gribodo. — Ann. Mus. Genov. vi, 1875, p. 359 (new species). 



Ann. Mus. Genov. xiv, 1879, p. 329 (new species). 

 Norton. — On the Chrysides of North America, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. vii, 1879, 

 p. 233. Considers only the Genera Elampus (= Omalus Elampus 

 and Notozus in one), Holopyga, Hedychrura and Chrj'sis (the 4 

 and 6 dentate species not studied). 

 Patton. — Canadian Entomologist, xi, 1879, p. 66 (four new species described). 

 Provancher. — Petite Faune Entomol. du Canada, Naturaliste Canadien, vol. 



xii, 1880-81, p. 300 (six new species). 

 Badoskovsky. — Catal. Chrys. Russia, with many fine plates. Horae Ent. Soc. 



Rossicse, iii, p. 225. 

 F. Smitti. — Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1874, p. 451 (revises certain genera and 



describes new species). 

 Tachenburg. — Hymenoptera Deutschlands, p. 148 (tabulates nine genera). 



